On Friday, February 15, the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to St. John the Forerunner Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY, where he celebrated the festal Divine Liturgy.

On Saturday, February 16, the feast day of the Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan, the clergy and faithful congratulated Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan on his namesday in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City

On February 17, the Sunday of the Publican & the Pharisee, with the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Virgin Intercession Church in Glen Cove, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.

On Tuesday, February 12, the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom – Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy and led the episcopal consecration of Archimandrite Luke (Murianka

On February 11, the Sunday of the New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye & Melitopol celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Thursday the 14th and Friday the 15th of February, the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan visited Holy Presentation Church in Stratford, CT, and led the divine services for the parish’s patronal feast day.

Provided below is the preliminary itinerary for the pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, which is being organized by St. Seraphim Parish in Sea Cliff – the Memorial Church in Memory of the Reestablishment of Unity in the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Synodal School of Liturgical Music is pleased to announce that registration for the 2019 Summer Session is now open for new students.

With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, the following statement was issued from the office of the diocesan treasurer in order to clarify funds and organizations exempted from taxation via parish dues to the Synod of Bishops and the diocesan administration. Rectors are asked to please acquaint their parish treasurers with these exempted funds, and to take this information into account when preparing dues checks for the second half of 2018, which must be submitted to the Diocese by March 1, 2019.

The Sunday Lecture Series for 2019 will begin on January 27, and continue on February 10 and 24. This winter block of lectures features very interesting topics covering Canon Law, Ministry to the Incarcerated, and the Glorification of the Russian New Martyrs at the ROCOR Council of Bishops in 1981.

This year, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, will lead a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Russia. Further information and a visitation schedule is available in PDF format here: 

With the blessing of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad, a pilgrimage of clergy and laity will made to the Holy Land, to be held on May 27 – June 7, 2019, and led by His Grace Nicholas, Bishop of Manhattan.